I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Objectivism advocates reason as man's sole means of knowledge, and therefore, for the reasons I have already given, it is atheist. It… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“No! I don't want to speak of that! But I'm going to. I want you to hear. I want you to know… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“A man’s “interests” depend on the kind of goals he chooses to pursue, his choice of goals depends on his desires, his… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Your moral code begins by damning man as evil, then demands that he practice a good which it defines as impossible for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The theory of objectivism claims that there are certain things that most people in society can agree upon. A model is pretty.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Objectivism is basically the same thing as faith-based science or for that matter faith-based foreign policy, where you start out with the… — W. J. T. Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Saint Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin, and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher.… — Corey Robin Copy Share Image
“To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality. --as quoted… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
